Plow.



J. T. GANTT.

PLOW.

APPLIOAIION FILED MAB-12,1909.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

2 EHEETS-SHEET 1.

J. T. GANTT.

PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED MARJZ, 1909.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATS PATEN T @FFTME.

JAMES T. GANTT, OF MACON, GEORGIA.

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T 0 all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. GANTT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Macon, in the county of Bibb and State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Flows; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in plows.

Heretofore it has been common to use a stockand applied thereto acultivating implement specially constructed therefor. In the presentinvention I employ an improved form of stock or boot to which may bereadily attached various forms of cult-ivat ing implements such as areusually carried in stock by manufacturers.

In addition to the common turn plow there are special makes of plowsmade by difierent manufacturers to which the ordinary cheap cast pointcannot be fitted as these manufacturers have made their construction andshape such that only points manufactured by them and sold at anincreased price will fit their respective plows.

One of the important objects of this invention is to place in the handsof the farmer a universal beam to which may be applied by means of theimproved boot attachment an ordinary cast plow which may be removed andany other form of plow substituted. a

Another import-ant feature of the invention is the provision of acutting edge on the mold board.

As is well known points wear out more readily than the mold board, andas it is desirable to have a cutting edge 011 the moldboard in additionto having one on the point I provide a mold-board with a cutting edgeand have it act as a continuation of a cutting edge on the point insteadof all the cutting edge on the point as is now commonly practiced. Insome special constructions where the cutting edge of the point extendsup alongside of the mold-board the points are not made interchangeablewith the ordinary point, but being attachable only to special makes,these points being sold at an advanced price, the farmer is compelled topurchase all points for these special makes Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed March 12, 1909.

PLOW.

Patented Dec. '7, 1%)9.

Serial No. 483,011.

of plow from their respective manufacturers. With my construction andarrange ment of an improved boot a cutting edge carried by themold-board is adapted to act as a continuation of the cutting edgecarried by the point, and when the point wears out an ordinary castpoint such as is used on ordinary turn plows can be purchased andapplied to the boot, the construction of the same being such that theordinary point fits perfectly and a continuous cutting edge is thusprovided.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification: Figurel is a perspective view of the embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 is afragmentary slightly enlarged sectional View of the structure shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the mold board embodying certainfeatures of the invention. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the plowpoint and share combined embodying certain features of the invention.Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the landside. Fig. 6 is a detailfragmentary front view at the lower end of the plow beam showing inconnection therewith a spacing member. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of aboot embodying certain features of the invention, and Fig. 8 is a sideelevation of the boot shown in Fig. 7 but looking from the oppositeside.

Referring to the drawings by numerals 1 indicates a pair of handles ofany desired kind which are bolted or otherwise firmly secured to a barand spacing member 2 which extends between the bars 8 and 4 of whichbeam 5 is formed. Bar 2 is bolted to beam 5 at 6 and handles 1 connectedwith beam 5 by bars 7 for bracing the handles. The bars 3 and 4 are heldin contact, or almost in contact, as may be desired, at the front end,and are curved at the rear for presenting the ordinary shape of a beam,but in the rear are spaced apart by spacing members 2, S and 9. Thespacing member 8 carries a bolt which passes through one end of thebraces T for holding the same in connection with beam 5. Spacing member9 is preferably riveted in position and is formed with lugs 10 and 11that rest against the under surface of the rear end of beam 5 forbracing any tool or member connected with the lower end of the beam. Thespacing member 9 is formed with apertures 9 and 10, aperture 10accommodating the rivet which holds the spacing member in position, andaperture 9 being adapt-- ed to accommodate the bolt passing throughaperture 22 of the landside 21. Upon each side of spacing member 9 andin alinement with aperture 9 are apertures in bars 3 and 4 of beam 5 soas to permit the bolt passing through aperture 22 to entirely passthrough the landside 21, boot l2, spacing member 9 and bars 3 and 4.

A boot 12 of special construction is secured to the forward face of beam5 and spacing member 9 by bolt 13. Bolt 12, more clearly shown in Figs.7 and S, is formed with a curved surface 14 which is adapted to receiveor have placed thereagainst the point 15 which is firmly secured byhaving a bolt passing through aperture 16 therein, and through aperture17 in boot 12. The curved surface 14 is designed to receive one end ofthe mold board 18 which is secured to the boot 12 by having a bolt passthrough aperture 19 in the mold-board and aperture 20 in the boot. Thiswill form a complete plow when the landside 21 is secured to therearwardly extending flange 27 of the boot 12 by having a bolt passthrough the aperture 22 in the landside, aperture 23 in the rearwardlyextending flange 27 and also through spacing block 9 as well as bars 3and 4. The boot 12 is secured to beam 5 as heretofore set forth byhaving bolt 13 pass through aperture 24 and between bars 3 and 4 andclamped. in position by a suitable nut. By this construction andarrangenient of boot the parts of the plow may be removed and new onessubstituted with coinparative little inconvenience and with but littlecost. In forming the boot 12 the same is formed with flanges 25 and 26which are designed to straddle the bars 3 and 4 making up beam 5, whichwill prevent any twisting or turning of the boot when the plow has beenthoroughly clamped in position. The boot 12 is also formed with arearwardly extending flange 27 for accommodating and thoroughly bracinglandside 21, the flange 27 extending upwardly and connecting with flange26.

In the construction of point 15 the same is preferably formed with acutting edge 28 which extends from the extreme end of the point to thetop and is arranged to register with the cutting edge 29 formed on themold board 18. The cutting edge 28 is provided with a rearwardlyextending flange 30 which is adapted to engage the beveled edge 31 ofthe landside 21. The cutting edge 29 projects slightly beyond the frontface of the boot 12 and forms a continuation of the cutting edge 28. Informing the point, the mold-board and landside, cast parts are arrangedto be accommodated or used interchangeably such interchangeable partsbeing taken from ordinary stock material such as is in ordinarycommercial use. This will obviate the necessity of sending to thefactory for special parts.

The present structure is of advantage in that when the point is worn outa new point may be provided at comparatively small cost and littleinconvenience, and when a new one has been supplied the plow is readyfor use.

lVhat I claim is 1. In a device of the character described, a bifurcatedbeam comprising in its construction a pair of spaced bars, a spacingmember positioned upon the plow end of the beam between the bars andprovided with a pair of lugs engaging the extreme lower ends of thebars, a boot positioned upon the beam and engaging thespacing memberupon the front and side thereof,the boot being provided with an uprightportion having a rearwardly extending flange adapted to engage'thebeamupon one side and extending to the bottom of the boot and projecting inthe rear thereof, and adapted to engage one of the lugs of the spacingmember, a second rearwardly extending flange projecting in the rear ofthe upright portion of the boot at the topthereof, and

adapted to bear upon one side of the beam,

a point positioned upon the bottom of the boot and having a curved face,and provided with a rearwardlyextending flange, a curved cutting edgeformed at the juncture of the curved face and rearwardly extendingflange, a mold board positioned upon the boot above thepoint andhaving acutting edgepositioned to form a continuation of the cutting edge of thepoint, a landside formed with a pair of horizontal flanges projectingfrom'each side and in the rear thereof, the front of the landside'havinga beveled edge adapted to abut the rearwardly extending flange of thepoint and to be secured to the rearwardly extending projection carriedby the bottom of the boot, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a device of the character described, a bifurcated beam comprisingin its construction a pair of spaced bars, a spacing member positionedupon the lower end of the beam between the bars and provided with a pairof lugsyengaging the extreme ends of the bars, a boot provided with anupwardly extending projection, a rearwardly extending flange projectingtherefrom at the top thereof and adapted to engage the beam upon oneside, a second rearwardly extending flange projecting from therearwardly extending flange, 'a mold-board positioned above the pointupon the boot, the mold-board and the point each having cutting edges atthe front thereof adapted to form a continuous cutting edge from theextreme forward end of the point to the top of the mold-board, alandside having a pair of horizontal flanges projecting therefrom, thefront end of the landside having a beveled portion formed thereon thelandside being adapted to be secured to the landside support, thebeveled portion of the landside being adapted to abut the rearwardlyextending flange of the point, and means for I securing the landside,the point and the mold-board upon the boot, and means for securing theboot to the beam, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES T. GANTT.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. FLETCHER, EDWARD T. FENwIoK.

